Hello again (Sorry!)

I have created a vQmod that I use to block the link to brands in the footer which works fine but I have set the information section to appear in the top menu and of course the link appears again, I have looked in catalog/view/theme/shoppica/template/module at the shoppica_information_menu.tpl and have found the line I want to remove but it doesn’t work it still appears in the top menu but not in the footer?

<modification>
  <id><![CDATA[Remove Manufacturer Link]]></id>
  <version><![CDATA[1.1]]></version>
  <vqmver><![CDATA[2.16]]></vqmver>
  <author><![CDATA[Klimskady]]></author>
  <file name="catalog/view/theme/shoppica/template/common/footer.tpl">
    <operation>
      <search position="replace"><![CDATA[ <li><a href="<?php echo $manufacturer; ?>"><?php echo $text_manufacturer; ?></a></li>]]></search>
      <add><![CDATA[<!-- <li><a href="<?php echo $manufacturer; ?>"><?php echo $text_manufacturer; ?></a></li> -->]]></add>
    </operation>
  </file>
  
  <file name="catalog/view/theme/shoppica/template/module/shoppica_information_menu.tpl">
    <operation>
      <search position="replace"><![CDATA[ <li><a href="<?php echo $_url->link('product/manufacturer', '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo $text_manufacturer; ?></a></li>]]></search>
      <add><![CDATA[<!-- <li><a href="<?php echo $_url->link('product/manufacturer', '', 'SSL'); ?>"><?php echo $text_manufacturer; ?></a></li> -->]]></add>
    </operation>
  </file>
</modification>

All help gratefully received!

Caz